Container for paper rolls



March I, 1932.

CONTAINER FOR PAPER ROLLS Filed April 19. 1930 E fjflventor UIBIQawQl W. B. POWELL 1,847,896

Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM B. POWELL. OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO APPLEFORI) PAIPER PRODUCTS LIMITED, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA CONTAINER FOR PAPER ROLLS Application filed April 19,

This invention relates to boxes particular ly adapted for holding rolls of wrapping paper in such a manner that any desired length of the paper may be drawn out as required and cut off against a tearing edge formed on or carried by the box, and my object is to devise a simple and eflicient box for this purpose which will be cheap to produce, convenient and efiicient in operation and which may be stored in knock-down condition.

I attain my object by means of a construction which may be briefly described as follows. The box comprises an open topped body por tion, and a cover hinged to the body portion and provided with a depending front and ends. The parts are preferably integral and formed from a folded blank.

A special feature of the cover is that its front is formed of a part integral with the top and folded on itself to embrace flaps integral with the ends, the inner part of the front being formed with a flap adapted to lie against the under surface of the top.

A special feature of the box is that the ends of the front and back are provided with interlocking flaps and that these flaps are em- .braced by the parts of end members folded on themselves and preferably provided with gaps adapted to lie against the bottom of the The invention is hereinafter more fully described, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which ig. 1 is a cross section of the container constructed in accordance with my invention with the cover in closed position;

Fig. 2 a similar view with the cover partly raised; L

Fig. 3 is an end view of the container;

Fig. 4 a perspective detail showing more particularly one corner of the cover partly unfolded;

Fig. 5 a perspective viewofpart of the container showing more particularly one end REISSUED Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the container comprises two main parts, an open top box and a cover, the one hingedly connected to the other at the top rear edge of the box. Preferably these two parts are integral, being formed from a cardboard blank which will be'scored along the line 1 to'facilitate bending at that point.

The open top box comprises a bottom 2, front and back walls 3 and 4 integral with the bottom, end flaps 5 integral with the front and back walls and ends 6 integral with the bottom and folded on themselves to embrace the end flaps and thus stiffen the box ends, andprovide smooth unbroken outside surface for printing. The end flaps, as will be seen particularly on reference to Figs. 5 and 6, are interlocked in a known manner to hold the front and back walls in the set up position. Preferably each end 6 has a flap 7 formed on its free edge adapted to lie on the bottom of the box. These flaps support the ends of the roll of paper and lessen the frictional resistance to the turning of the roll as compared with contact for its full length on the bottom of the box. p

The cover comprises the top 8, the ends 9, preferably triangular and integral with the top, and the front 10 integral with the front edge of the top and folded on itselfto embrace the end fiaps llwhich are integral with the ends 9, while the front as a whole is held rigidly positioned bye-the ends 9. A flap 12 1930.- Serial No. 445,654.

is formed on the free edge of the inner part of I the double front, which flap is adapted to lie against the under surface of the top of the cover as shown in Fig. 1. The fold of this double front forms a stifl tearing edge which makes it unnecessary to use metal to form the tearing edge. While the flap 12 might be secured to the under surface of the top 8 I pre ferto leave it free, as shown in Fig. 2, as ad vantage may thus be taken of the springiness of the folded front to hold the portion of a roll of paper which is being drawn out against the free edge of the front of the box, thus tending to prevent its passing back into the box. Another advantage in leaving the a slightly raised position when desired to give access to the free end of the web drawn off from the roll.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised a container which will satisfactorily attain the objects of my invention as set out in the preamble of this specification.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A container comprising an open top box and a cover having a hinging connection with the back wall of the box, said cover being formed of an integral sheet of cardboard folded to form a top, ends, flaps at the front edges of the ends, and a front folded on itself to embrace the end flaps, the fold forming a tearing edge against which paper drawn from a supply Within the container may be torn, and the inner part of the double front being free at its inner edge wherebysaid part may resiliently engage the free edge of the front of the container to act as a brake against the paper drawn from the said sup- 2. A container comprising an open top box and a cover having a hinging connection with the back wall of the box, said cover being formed of an integral sheet of cardboard folded to form a top, ends, flaps at the front edges of their ends, a front folded on itself to embrace the end flaps, the fold forming a tearing edge against which paper drawn from a supply Within the container may be torn, and a flap formed on the free edge of the inner part of the double front adapted to lie against the under surface of the top of the cover, the said inner part of the double front being free at its inner edge whereby said part may resiliently engage the free edge of the front of the container to act as a brake against the paper drawn from the said supy. lgggned at Hamilton this 15th day of April,

' W. B. POWELL. 

